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AutographsPosted onMay 9, 2020May 7, 2020

The Night Man Cometh

Not too terribly long ago – right before everything ground to a halt, I believe – I sent a little package over to our good pal Greg…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 13, 2019September 13, 2019

Eagle, er, Owl-Eyed

I still have most of my incoming cardboard sent to the PO Box I’ve kept for the past seven years, but there are a few…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 9, 2019July 9, 2019

A Deadline Deal

Everyone’s favorite editor sent me some cards recently. He did this despite the fact that I missed my self-imposed, secondary (tertiary? I lost count) deadline…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 20, 2018July 9, 2019

Return of the Night Owl

As the Greg’s note in yesterday’s post read, “there’s more to come.” Well here’s the more! Another package from our friendly neighborhood Night Owl showed…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 19, 2018July 9, 2019

Flying By Night

It’s mid-September now, and while both of our teams are in much narrower playoff races than either of us expected – especially in Night Owl’s…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 11, 2017July 9, 2019

Trade Recap: Late Night Delights

Back in October I sent everyone’s favorite late-night blogger (that’d be Night Owl for those of you not in the know) a growing stack of…

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Moonshots

A somewhat crazy list of cards and ephemera I want most.

  • 1939 Play Ball #130 (Wilbur) Bill Brubaker
  • A Jeff Bagwell printing plate
  • A Bill Brubaker on-card autograph (’39 or ’40 Play Ball)
  • A Nellie Fox autograph
  • Any of the original 1962 Phillips “Here Come the Colts” magazines
  • A complete run of the 1999 Astros season tickets, which celebrate the franchise history
  • An uncut sheet of the twelve 1967 team issued cards
  • A Colt .45s bobblehead
  • The “Streaking Orbit” bobblehead

Top Targets

A quick list of cards which are most desired at the moment, as dictated by random collecting whims.

  • 2018 Big League Gold Parallels: 86, 104, 304
  • 2019 Topps Chrome Refractors: 28, 62
  • 2019 Topps Fire Inserts
    En Fuego: Gurriel Gold Minted parallel
    Fired Up: Correa (+ Gold Minted parallel)
    Flamethrowers: Cole Blue Chip
    Max Velocity: Fisher Blue Chip parallel
  • 2018 Stickers: 14, 28, 37/40/57/67, 52, 64/141, 70, 86/196, 97/138/146/149, 114, 137, 159, 193, 236
  • 2019 Stickers: 7, 11, 12, 18/19, 34, 37, 45, 46/59/66/76, 49, 54, 56, 57/197, 61, 78, 82, 86, 99, 101, 102, 106, 107, 111, 115, 118, 128/130, 142, 149, 150, 155, 156, 162, 164, 166, 171, 179, 180, 182, 185, 196, 201, 204, 217, 220, 222, 224, 230, 231

Set Killers

A non-exhaustive list of cards that will finish Astros team sets for me. Assassins are most appreciated.

  • 1988 Donruss Baseball’s Best #150 Billy Hatcher
  • 1988 Fleer Star Stickers #88 Nolan Ryan
  • 1989 Topps Big #291 Scott Servais
  • 2000 Upper Deck Hitter’s Club #4 Craig Biggio
  • 2001 Topps Traded – Chrome #T96 Tim Redding
  • 2012 Allen & Ginter #345 Nolan Ryan
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